troubles flashing

[streaks1]

am having trouble flashing my samsung ms25...am booting from the cd and when i get to point iDump serial number it gives me a message Reading 01%....Break and nothing happenes it asks if i wana do somethin i put No then it gives me the error file is not 256k sthg like that any ideas? thanks

 

[FrankyGR]

Are you trying to flash the wrong drive? Check to make sure that the drive is visible to bios.

If everything is right, you shouldn't have to hit the break key to step out of the read.

 

[streaks1]

Thanks for your reply..no am not flashing the wrong drive. and bios reads the xbox360 dvdrom....when i do the iDump it shows me my 3 drives and the 3rd one is XTREME which is the dvdrom of the xbox360. i really dont know...i dont know if its the SATA that am using cause am using the one on the motherboard.i unhooked one of my SATA harddrives and attached the SATA of that harddrive to the blaster.

 

[FrankyGR]

That sounds like it should work. Check the chipset anyway against the compatibility table in the textbook.

amsung MS25 drives can be flashed with many SATA chipsets. Silicon
Image, Promise, and NForce2 chipsets are known to NOT be compatible
for flashing Samsung drives. There are possibly more that cannot flash a
Samsung MS25. Intel ICH5/6/7/8 chipsets, NForce 3/4, SiS, Uli, Jmicron,
and VIA chipsets are all known to be compatible – others may also be.
You cannot flash a Samsung drive using a SATA-to-USB adapter. If you
are unsure whether your SATA is compatible or not, the best advice is to
just try it out. If the SATA isn’t compatible, the drive won’t be recognized.
You won’t brick your drive if the SATA is incompatible, it just “won’t work” –
so you’re not losing much by just trying out what you already have. If you
do not have SATA or yours is incompatible, you should look into
.
purchasing a VIA VT6421 PCI card.